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amccaffrey1-Visitor
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October 16, 2014
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Can I assemble a jpeg or other image file into an assembly with Creo 2?

  • October 16, 2014
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I currently develop and design educational furniture. Some table assemblies now have images printed on them. How can I introduce these images onto the tabletops in the assembly stage using Creo 2 as my preferred design tool?


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Best answer by TomD.inPDX

That is a good solution to keep from duplicating the desktop surface.

I don't know why the image editor would not open the BMP file. It is not unusual to have to know photoshop (or like app) to get what you want in Creo.

Feel free to mark your answer as correct. I think it is a good solution.

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mheit1-Visitor
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October 16, 2014

I do this with labels and silk screens. The jpeg cannot be added to an assembly directly, but you can create a part that acts like a silkscreen. Use bmp, or tiff files if you want a good quality image or have transparent portions. Jpeg compresses the file, so the colors are off.

Steps for making an image in Creo:

1. Add the Creo config option save_texture_with_model=yes to your config.pro

2. Created a bmp file of the image with all transparent portions need to be the same color. Default is white.

3. Open the image in the Creo image editor (tools/image editor). Create an alpha channel, using the color from step 2. White is the default, so you can just select ok.

4. Save this file as a decal or .tx4 file.

5. Create a thin model that will be your silkscreen part. Go to the appearances manager. Create new color that is 100% transparent and add the decal file to the 2nd tab in the color editor.

6. Add this color to the a part by selecting on the model tree.

7. Go to the Model Appearance editor and use the eye drop tool (upper right) and select the part.

8. Change the mapping type to planar. Adjust the size, angle and number of patterns (typically single) for the color.

9. Enjoy!

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amccaffrey1-VisitorAuthor
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October 16, 2014

Thanks Michael,

Sounds complicated but I'll have a go!

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amccaffrey1-VisitorAuthor
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June 29, 2015

Just as an addendum to the comments above: I have subsequently tried to assemble more images and have come up against a problem.The images were created in Illustrator and then had a mask added to create rounded corners. When I tried to assemble the image into the CAD assembly all I got was a grey layer. The image was a high res Photoshop Jpeg. These can preserve metadata such as masks. My thought is that this might conflict with CAD and then may be then corrupting to show a grey box only.

The answer is to save the file as a web friendly jpeg and this should work.Don't forget to make sure the transparency is set to 0% to get the most from your image.

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